Shoe-protector.



N. l. CIVAUER SHOE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 1911.

Patented Feb. 18; 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 1917.

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NAPOLEON I. CIVALIER, 0F BOISE, IDAHO.

SHOE-PROTECTOR.

Application filed October 9, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON I. CIVALIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boise, in the county of Ada and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is in the nature of a shoe protector and has for its object the provision of an improved attachment to embrace or enwrap the upper portion of the upper of a shoe, including the rear or heel stay, and protect the same against wear or injury by friction of leggings or puttees thereon.

With this object in view, the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, I have illustrated an approved embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawing, and will now proceed to fully describe the same in connection with said drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a shoe, with my protector in place thereon, and also a legging or puttee, parts of the latter being broken away,

Fig. 2, a fragmentary perspective view of the rear portion of a shoe, on an enlarged scale, with my protector in place thereon, parts being broken away,

Fig. 3, a perspective view of the clip which I use in attaching my protector to the top of the heel portion of the shoe, detached, but with the parts in the positions they assume when securing the protector,

Fig. 4, a view in reversed position, of the clip, before bending,

Fig. 5, a view of a modification of the invention, and v Fig. 6, a view of a soldier, or national guardsman, in uniform including leggings or puttees, with my protectors projecting below them.

Like reference characters mark the same parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring particularly to the drawing, 5 indicates the upper of an ordinary shoe hav- Spccification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Serial No. 195,584.

ing an ordinary heel stay 6 extending from the top of the upper at the heel down to the bottom of the shoe, to secure and protect the rear portion and the seam which most shoes have.

I have represented a laced shoe, but it will be obvious that my invention may be applied to a buttoned shoe, or a shoe fastened in any usual manner, such for instance, as the well known congress gaiter, the invention being particularly adapted to the latter.

Puttees or leggings, as shown at 7 in Fig. l, embrace the calf of the leg and extend downward, as at 8, over the upper portion of the upper of the shoe, and in use, the lower portion of the legging or puttee continually rubs upon the upper of the shoe, especially upon the heel stay, seen in Fig. 2 at 6, and where the ankle joint causes the upper to project outward (not shown), and tends to soon loosen or wear out the stay and to wear the leather where projected by the ankle joint. There is a tendency also to wear out the whole top of the shoe upper and to break the leather of the shoe from the lining.

Experiencing these objectionable results when upon extended pedestrian tours, I conceived the idea of the present invention which includes a protector preferably of leather, and suitable means for securing it to the shoe, said protector being indicated at 10, shaped to embrace the whole upper portion of the upper of the shoe, the rear portion extending over, as at 11, and covering the stay 6, and the two sides, as at 12 and 13, embracing the sides of the upper, nearly to the front.

I secure the protector at the rear by means of a clip, made of a blank of sheet metal, as shown reversed in Fig. 4, which may be stamped out and therefore very cheaply made, and comprises a main body part 14, preferably of triangular form, which, in use, rests against the inner side of the upper at the top of the stay, and is secured by a point 15 at its lower end which is bent at substantially a right angle to said body 14, and driven into the inner surface of the heel, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The clip, at the upper end of the body 14, is transversely slotted, as at 16, and is bent on the line 17-17 to cause the parts 18 to rest upon the upper edges of the shoe upper and the protector as shown in Fig. 2.

At the line 1919, at the outer edge of the slot 16, thepart 20 is bent downward to rest against the outside of the protector, as seen in Fig. 2, the points 2l21, pro]ecting downward after the last mentioned bending, being bent inwardly on lines 22-22, driven into the protector and clenched therein on the lines 23-23.

The bendings on the lines 17, 19 and 22, take place before the clip is attached to either the protector or the shoe, the point 15, being also bent, so that the clip will be in form, as shown in 'Fig. 3, except that the bends on the lines 23, whereby the points are clenched, in the protector, have not been made.

The protector may also be secured to the uppe by a plurality of small fasteners 25, as seen in Fig. 2, and is provided with suitable means for securing the front ends such, for instance, as a plurality of eyelet holes 26 in which the shoe strings may be laced, the

plurality of holes permitting a variably tight drawing toward each other of the forward end of the protector, and the taking up of any stretch in the leather of the protector.

The protector may be slitted in its lower edge, as at 27 in Fig. 2, to prevent any tightness around the ankle joint.

The slot 16 is for the purpose of accommodating the shoe loop 28, as shown in Fig. 2.

The clip might sometimes be dispensedwith by permanently securing the protector all around to the top edge of the upper of the shoe by stitching, riveting, or other suitable fastening.

The fastening clip may also be dispensed with by forming a triangular projection, at the center of the upper edge of the protector, as seen at 27 in Fig. 5, to be secured in any suitable manner, a slot 28 therein serving to permit of the passage of theshoe loop.

The construction and operation of the invention will no doubt be readily comprehended from the foregoing specific description, but I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to such exact and specific construction, holding that many slight changes and variations may be made therein without exceeding the scope of the claims or the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my inventron, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. A shoe protector comprising a sheet embracing the upper portion of the upper of a shoe, and means for securing the sheet to the shoe upper, comprising a clip secured to the upper edge of the protector and provided with a portion overlapping the edge and the inner surface of the shoe upper and clenched at its lower end thereto.

7 2. A shoe protector comprising a sheet embracing the upper portion of the upper of a shoe, and means for securing the sheet to the edge of the shoe upper, comprising a clip provided with a slotted port-ion torest upon the upper edge of the shoe upper and the protector, a body portion triangular in shape projecting downward inside the shoe and 1 having a securing point at its lower end, a portion on the outside of the protector, and

points bent inward from said portion into of the protector and provided with a portion overlapping the inner surface of the shoe upper and clenched at its lower end thereto, said clip having a slot at the upper end to permit. of the passage therethrough of the shoe loop. 7

4. A shoe protector comprising a. sheet embracing the upper portion of the upper of a shoe, means secured to'and resting on the upper edge of theupper and clenched to the sheet at its rear center to support the sheet on the upper, and means for sup-porting and drawing the front ends of the sheet toward each other at the front of the shoe compris ing a pluralit,

nary shoest-rings.

In testimony-whereof I have'signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NAPOLEON I. CIVALIER.

lVitnes-ses 7 PHIL BRUNER, Cnnsrnn H. FEL'roN.

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